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Example sentences for "bide"

Lexicographically close words:
biddest; biddeth; biddies; bidding; biddings; bided; bides; bideth; bidh; biding
  1. Job looks out over the whole world, swept bare of its inhabitants, and regrets that he did not stay and bide the [1.

  2. He knew the fire was coming, and dug himself a shallow well or pit, made a thick plank cover to place over it, and thus prepared to bide the conflagration.

  3. Bide on the barrow with burnies protected, {Wait ye here till the battle is over.

  4. When the grewsome grapple Guthlaf and Oslaf 25 Had mournfully mentioned, the mere-journey over, For sorrows half-blamed him; the flickering spirit Could not bide in his bosom.

  5. And when she asked if there were peril to face, he laughed lightly as he replied: "Madam, there is always peril to be faced whether we bide at home or travel beyond seas.

  6. Night wist Her work done and betook herself in mist To marsh and hollow, there to bide her time Blindly in acquiescence.

  7. If there's snow outside, there's coolness: out with you, bide a spell In the drift and save the sexton the charge of a parish shell!

  8. Ther's noa way to do but to bide it as weel as yo can, an' say little, for it doesn't last long.

  9. Its bad enuff, but what maks it war to bide is, iverybody can tell yo ha to cure it, an' for all that they wor as fast what to do wi' it when they had it as onybody else.

  10. Goodness and mercy shall be mine Unto my dying day; Then will I bide at His dear side Forever and for aye!

  11. And revellers drink to a little one's health; But you and I bide night and day For the other love that has sailed away-- Hushaby, sweet my own!

  12. Or, if you will not bide with me Upon this quiet heather, Oh, give me wing, thou beauteous thing, That we may soar together.

  13. If he was inspired by any other motive than simple espionage he was evidently content to bide his time until chance gave him the opening he desired, and it was equally evident that he felt as safe in front of the American as behind him.

  14. He could afford to bide his time, and play the chivalrous protector before he essayed the role of lover.

  15. I'll bide a bit now with my little maid," she said, as she drew the blankets more closely about Dolly.

  16. For a brief space his stricken form May bide the buffet of the storm, While the deep rift within his heart Widens and tears his trunk apart, Then, with a crash from overhead, He falls, and all men know him dead.

  17. And then this block of stone shall be thy maid, And, not without rich golden ornament, Shall bide within thy quivering myrtle-shade.

  18. If that's so, Leeby, he would be sure to bide wi' Sam'l.

  19. Ay, me or my father would hae a gey ill cauld afore she would let's bide at hame frae the kirk; but Jamie's different.

  20. The lad Wilkie 'll be to bide wi' them, and Chirsty had bocht the chintz to cover the airm-chair wi'.

  21. They bide in Cupar, an' I mind 'at when the son was here twa or three year syne he was juist gaen to begin the diveenity classes in Glesca.

  22. She only said, very modestly and timidly, "I am content to be as I am, sir, if you are content that I should bide with you.

  23. In truth her only crying is to be left alone now, and that hereafter I am to let her bide with me.

  24. An' she sent him word, fur God's sake ter bide away from thar.

  25. I kin better bide the law than ter take faviors from you-uns.

  26. They 'lowed ez she never axed them ter bide away from thar fur God's sake.

  27. Oh, fair, they say, was his bride to see, And wilful she must have been, That she could bide at his gruesome side When the first red dawn came in.

  28. And though Glenaora was not her calf-country (for she came but a year ago to bide with a friend), she was swear't to turn heel on a place so cosy.

  29. At last she could bide it no longer, so she up with a leap on the floor to face a new day and all the luck of it.

  30. If this way she came, she's at Duglas Water by now, so you may bide and eat.

  31. I left various things with him to be settled that would bide no delay--things that had been waiting for the late Lord Erradeen from day to day.

  32. Bide thou where thou art, and give me the writing.

  33. Now bide thou here while I go into Cleopatra's chamber, where she sleeps.

  34. He would bide his time and ride a waiting race.

  35. She knew the man well, and knew that she must bide his time.

  36. But he was singularly apt to bide his time, to wait for a favorable opportunity and, whenever he saw a chance, he never failed to come back to his original line of conduct and to his original policies.

  37. After that, let it bide an' settle for about another fortnight, and then as soon as you gets a shower shove 'em in as fast as you mind.

  38. I told the doctor there, 'If I was to bide here, you'd starve me to death.

  39. Charley mun do as he likes; I daresay no one'll miss him if he does bide away till eight.

  40. Them as goes to t' Greenland seas has to bide away for six months and more,' and she sighed.

  41. Oh, my bride, Come down from yonder lattice where you bide Like a charmed princess in a Persian song!


  42. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bide" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abide; await; bear; bide; brave; brook; continue; dally; dawdle; delay; dig; dwell; endure; exist; extend; hold; keep; last; linger; live; loiter; lump; maintain; persevere; persist; prevail; remain; reside; run; stand; stay; stick; subsist; suffer; support; survive; sustain; sweat; tarry; tolerate; wait; watch; wear